Picture Book #3 - David Gets in Trouble

Author: David Shannon

Illustrator: David  Shannon

Genre: Picture Book

Sub genre: realistic fiction

Theme: Admitting bad actions

Primary and secondary characters: David

Awards:

Monarch Award winner

Borders Original Voices

Publication Date: 2002

Publishing Company:  Scholastic INC.

     This simple yet eventful book tells the story of a little boy David who is constantly getting in trouble. He does things like eating one of the dog's bones and stealing a bite of cake without using a fork. The illustrations in this book are wonderful and full of color and life. The author/illustrator used visual elements such as line, shape, and color in order to convey his idea of the troublesome boy. This book would not make any since if it were not for the pictures, therefore it is a prime example when looking for a great picture book to share with young readers.  By the end of the book David learns a lesson, but nobody will truly know what lesson David learns unless they check out the book.
    Every teacher will probably have a student like David in their classroom and many of the students would be able to relate to crazy David. When talking about the rules at the beginning of the year it would be a good idea to begin with this book and have the students discuss why they should not behave like David does in the classroom. The teacher could do a team-pair-solo so that students can discuss it with each other then for the solo part write down or draw pictures of good behaviors.  This website offers a great classroom material if a teacher chooses to read this book to their class.